Oh. My. Goodness. These both sound delicious. Now I'm really sad that I found out about them in a thread about beers no longer being brewed. However, I checked out the DFH website. Apparently they still sometimes make Fort? There's hope!

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I think/hope you're right about Fort.

For me, Stone's 15th Anniversary Escondidian Black IPA. Wish, wish, wish they turned that into a regular part of their lineup!

Firestone XV. A few years ago, a local pizza joint had a Firestone-Walker night with a rep, a cask of Pale 31, and XV on tap, served in pint glasses for (presumably accidentally) regular tap prices. Holy **** that was a fantastic beer, on tap until they ran out. I mean, the Pale 31 on cask was good, but that XV was the cat's pajamas.

This is a completely random one, but Brooklyn's The Concoction. Probably the most polarizing beer I can ever remember but by far one of the most interesting things I've ever tasted. Went back for two refills when it was on tap at Beertopia in Charlotte a couple years ago.

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Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. I had it on tap and so did my wife. The server described it as "this tastes like medicine. Seriously, it tastes like aspirin". He was spot on yet I liked it. My wife however thought it tasted horrible.

Smuttynose - Hanami Ale.. i sent an email asking if this would ever come back and they were mentioning how it's unlikely because it didn't sell. i thought it was MUCH better than founders cerise.. much more balanced and perfect for sumer/spring. just wish i could have one more 6 pack to try to decipher the grain bill/ingredients used so i can make a clone (or at least something similar).